Call Out the Dance

[rabidsamfan]

Alfie allowed himself to be dismissed to the kitchen, still gnawing on the question of Holmes's actual whereabouts. I saw him off, and then carefully applied the note from France to the chimney of the table lamp.

Brown figures began to emerge on the paper, stick-figures done in lemon-juice, and I did not need to reach for my notebooks to remember the cipher of the dancing men. Carefully, I parsed out the message.

"My next letter from France will be a signal. Get Mary out of London. Your choice to stay or go. I will come if you stay. Holmes."

Comments

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

EEEEEEEEE! The plot thickens!

[med_cat]

Oh my...that was an unexpected twist!

[pebbles66.livejournal.com]

I'm always so excited when I see an update to this! It just continues to be amazing!

[bugeyedmonster.livejournal.com]

Uh-oh. Eagerly anticipating the next bit! I <3 Alfie.

[elycia.livejournal.com]

eeeeeeep! I've been sick & years behind on LJ for ages now, but this is just delicious, even when I haven't a clue what's going on! Nice work.

[only-po.livejournal.com]

EEP!

From my childhood experience, the lemon juice secret messages never dried to invisibility. But I bow to Holmes's superior knowledge of chemicals.

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

Fine nib, heavy paper. I did those experiments too. And no, they're not completely invisible, which is why he used the dancing men. *grin*

[mariole.livejournal.com]

I think I had a fangasm.